Ferns and lycophytes of the Western Ghats
229 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats, 2 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered and 1 Endangered) and 10 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened ferns and lycophytes of the Western Ghats (2)
Ferns and lycophytes of the Western Ghats endemic to India (10)
All ferns and lycophytes of the Western Ghats on the list (229)
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Adiantum aethiopicum common maidenhair fern
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum caudatum Trailing maidenhair fern
- Adiantum concinnum polished maidenhair
- Adiantum edgeworthii
- Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum latifolium broadleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum raddianum Delta Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum zollingeri
- Aleuritopteris bicolor
- Aleuritopteris elegans
- Aleuritopteris farinosa
- Alsophila dealbata
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Ampelopteris prolifera Riverine Scrambler
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Anisocampium cumingianum
- Antrophyum plantagineum
- Arachniodes amabilis
- Arachniodes aristata Prickly Shield fern
- Arachniodes palmipes
- Arachniodes sledgei
- Arachniodes tripinnata
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium affine
- Asplenium auritum
- Asplenium caudatum speenwort
- Asplenium crinicaule
- Asplenium decrescens
- Asplenium erectum Erect Spleenwort
- Asplenium formosum showy spleenwort
- Asplenium inaequilaterale Lolly Spleenwort
- Asplenium laciniatum
- Asplenium lunulatum Moon-Slice Spleenwort
- Asplenium nidus Bird's Nest Fern
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium phyllitidis
- Asplenium polyodon Mare's Tail Fern
- Asplenium serricula
- Asplenium tenerum
- Asplenium tenuifolium NT
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Asplenium zenkerianum
- Athyrium gymnogrammoides
- Athyrium hohenackerianum
- Athyrium nigripes
- Athyrium parasnathense
- Athyrium praetermissum
- Athyrium puncticaule
- Athyrium solenopteris
- Austroblechnum colensoi
- Azolla filiculoides water fern
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Bolbitis aspleniifolia DD
- Bolbitis semicordata
- Bolbitis subcrenata
- Bolbitis terminans
- Bosmania membranacea
- Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Coniogramme fraxinea
- Coryphopteris hirsutipes
- Crepidomanes campanulatum
- Crepidomanes intramarginale
- Crepidomanes latealatum
- Crepidomanes parvulum
- Crepidomanes pyxidiferum
- Crepidomanes schmidianum
- Cyclosorus interruptus Swamp Shield-fern
- Cyrtomium anomophyllum
- Cyrtomium falcatum Japanese holly-fern
- Cystopteris fragilis brittle bladderfern
- Deparia boryana
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Didymoglossum bimarginatum
- Diphasiastrum wightianum
- Diplazium dilatatum Widened Twin-sorus Fern
- Diplazium esculentum Vegetable Fern
- Diplazium leptophyllum
- Diplazium muricatum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Diplazium spiniferum
- Diplazium sylvaticum
- Diplazium travancoricum
- Doryopteris concolor Geranium Fern
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris affinis Scaly male fern DD
- Dryopteris cochleata
- Dryopteris filix-mas male fern
- Dryopteris hirtipes
- Dryopteris marginata
- Dryopteris serratodentata
- Dryopteris sparsa
- Dryopteris wallichiana Wallich's wood fern
- Elaphoglossum feei
- Elaphoglossum stelligerum
- Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail
- Equisetum pratense meadow horsetail
- Equisetum ramosissimum Branched Horsetail
- Helminthostachys zeylanica Flowering Fern
- Hymenasplenium cheilosorum
- Hymenasplenium excisum
- Hymenasplenium obscurum
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Hymenophyllum denticulatum
- Hymenophyllum exsertum
- Hymenophyllum gardneri
- Hypolepis dicksonioides Giant hypolepis
- Isoetes coromandelina
- Isoetes divyadarshanii DD
- Japanobotrychum lanuginosum
- Lastreopsis tenera Broad Shield Fern
- Lepisorus amaurolepidus
- Lepisorus eilophyllus
- Lepisorus nudus
- Leptochilus decurrens
- Leptochilus plantagineus
- Leptochilus pteropus
- Leptogramma pozoi
- Lindsaea cultrata
- Loxogramme cuspidata
- Loxogramme involuta
- Lycopodium clavatum stag's-horn clubmoss
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium microphyllum Climbing Maidenhair
- Macrothelypteris ornata
- Macrothelypteris torresiana Mariana Maiden Fern
- Marsilea crenata Nardoo
- Marsilea minuta Dwarf Water Clover
- Marsilea quadrifolia clover fern
- Microlepia pilosiuscula
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia speluncae limpleaf fern
- Microlepia strigosa hay-scented fern
- Microsorum cuspidatum
- Microsorum punctatum Elkhorn fern
- Microsorum scolopendria monarch fern
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis delicatula
- Nephrolepis exaltata southern sword fern
- Nephrolepis falcata Fishtail Swordfern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Ophioglossum costatum
- Ophioglossum gramineum
- Ophioglossum parvifolium
- Ophioglossum petiolatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Ophioglossum reticulatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Oreogrammitis attenuata
- Osmunda acuta
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Parahemionitis arifolia
- Parapolystichum rufescens
- Pellaeopsis boivinii
- Phegopteris connectilis long beech fern
- Phlegmariurus hamiltonii
- Phlegmariurus macrostachys
- Phlegmariurus phlegmaria Coarse Tassel Fern
- Phlegmariurus phyllanthus wāwae‘iole
- Phlegmariurus squarrosus rock tassel fern
- Pityrogramma austroamericana gold fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Platycerium bifurcatum Elkhorn fern
- Pleopeltis macrocarpa Bigfruit Scaly Polypody
- Polystichum aculeatum hard shield fern
- Polystichum anomalum
- Polystichum harpophyllum
- Polystichum squarrosum
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Pseudocyclosorus tylodes
- Pseudophegopteris pyrrhorachis
- Psilotum nudum skeleton fork fern
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteris argyraea
- Pteris biaurita thinleaf brake
- Pteris cretica Cretan brake
- Pteris ensiformis Slender Bracken
- Pteris longipinnula
- Pteris multiaurita
- Pteris pellucida
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Pyrrosia heterophylla
- Pyrrosia lanceolata Lanceleaf Tongue Fern
- Pyrrosia piloselloides Dragon-Scale fern
- Pyrrosia porosa
- Rumohra adiantiformis leathery shieldfern
- Salvinia minima water spangles
- Salvinia molesta Giant Salvinia
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella ganguliana
- Selaginella inaequalifolia
- Selaginella intermedia
- Selaginella involvens Selaginella involens
- Selaginella radicata
- Selaginella repanda
- Selaginella reticulata
- Selaginella rupestris rock spikemoss
- Selaginella tenera
- Selaginella vaginata
- Selaginella wallichii
- Selaginella wightii
- Selaginella willdenowii Willdenow's spikemoss
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
- Sphaerostephanos arbuscula
- Sphaerostephanos subtruncatus
- Stenochlaena palustris swamp vine fern
- Strophocaulon unitum
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria gemmifera
- Tectaria membranacea
- Tectaria paradoxa
- Tectaria polymorpha
- Tectaria wightii
- Thelypteris confluens Swamp Fern
- Thelypteris palustris marsh fern
- Trigonospora tenera
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of the Western Ghats
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